A 12-year-old girl has been rushed to hospital after being hit by a car in Mitcham.

Emergency services were called to Streatham Road at 3.45pm on Tuesday (June 19) to reports of a car in collision with a young female pedestrian.

Metropolitan Police officers and paramedics from the London Ambulance Service (LAS) rushed to the scene and found a girl, believed to be 12-years-old, injured.

A spokeswoman for the Met said: “Police were called at approximately 3.45pm on Tuesday, June 19 to reports of a car in collision with a female pedestrian, believed to be aged around 12-years-old, on Streatham Road.